Recently the owners and former editor of Ecuador's largest newspaper were sentenced to three years in prison and ordered to pay $40 million in fines for libel against President Rafael Correa. The Chevron Ecuador trial is in the appeal phase in that country.

Singer Associates Public Relations in San Francisco has represented the Hearst Corporation when it sold the paper to the Fang Family and in the later transaction where Anschutz Investments purchased the paper from the Fang family.

Cal Athletics is doing their part with Recology, the San Francisco-based recycling, composting and waste collection company, to reduce waste at upcoming athletic events and lead sustainable practices around campus. The revamped Memorial Stadium, set to open in September 2012, will aim to be a zero waste operation. “Blue and gold makes green!”

The San Francisco Sentinel reported live from the various election night campaign parties as the numbers started to come in after the polls closed at 8:00pm.

Lee's appointment as acting mayor in January was an acknowledgment of the Chinese-American community's growing political clout, said political consultant Sam Singer. "Over the course of the last decade they've made significant inroads in San Francisco's politics," Singer said.

Singer Associates helps Bay to Breakers beat the race bandits. Bay to Breakers is used as a benchmark for other races that are still having issues with participant conduct.

The San Francisco General Hospital Foundation received a $250,000 grant from Vertex Pharmaceuticals to foster a program aimed at increasing Hepatitis C prevention efforts, treatment and care for vulnerable San Francisco communities.

After more than 10 years of planning, the Rose Garden Project is close to moving on to the construction phase. Our very own Jason Barnett speaks to his personal relationship to the exciting project in downtown Larkspur and his hopes for the city's future.